Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

Cold and frosty, ice tyres back again as I expected some parts of the route to be icy, some of the village roads were wet last night and didn't want to risk it. Very quiet ride, tried a different route, it knocked 2 1/2 miles off the commute, so ended up riding really slow towards the end to try and get some more of the giro challenge banked.

Ice tyres caused a bit of commotion, riding down a road and this lad reacted like he was being shot at when I went passed, never seen anyone jump so much, surprised he didn't dive over the garden wall he was walking by.

 

[Andrew_P]

Been a really shoot week for close passes, from chavs to tippers. If it carries on I can see my angry man face and boney finger of accusation up against the next twunt that does it IF I can catch up with them.

I just want to get somewhere safely, which I can only do if they let me, you would think we were doing something really anti social the way some people treat cyclists lifes with such inpunity.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Lovely ride in this morning, early morning frost but the sun was out, retired jacket now til next winter, back in long sleeve jersey. 11 degrees today, but unfortunately the sun will have gone to bed by the time I finish

 

[GrasB]

If I see you with anything but the following, then I will be disappointed!

Why go for something which actually produces more drag than a £130 planet-x 18/20 wheel set in non-zero yaw wind conditions?..

 

[MattHB]

Nice ride in. Still feeling Saturday though in the legs :shock. By the time I'm at work I'm only just starting to warm up. I need to extend the commute I think.

 

[GrasB]

For some unknown reason I decided to ride my TT bike this morning. I was flew in... well for an upright anyway.

 

[MattHB]

Been a really s*** week for close passes, from chavs to tippers. If it carries on I can see my angry man face and boney finger of accusation up against the next twunt that does it IF I can catch up with them.

I just want to get somewhere safely, which I can only do if they let me, you would think we were doing something really anti social the way some people treat cyclists lifes with such inpunity.

SUCH a useful word

 

[gaz]

Why go for something which actually produces more drag than a £130 planet-x 18/20 wheel set in non-zero yaw wind conditions?..

style over performance

 

[GrasB]

style over performance

okay... but they look s**t

 

[400bhp]

Why go for something which actually produces more drag than a £130 planet-x 18/20 wheel set in non-zero yaw wind conditions?..

 

[gaz]

okay... but they look s**t

haha tell the hipsters down here that!

 

[400bhp]

Lovely commute in this morning - apart from P fairy. It occurred about half a mile from work, so rather than standing about on the pavement in busy pedestrian traffic I walked, then changed the inner in the works car park.

It was a bit warmer than it has been but for me shorts don't come out until double figures can be seen on the mercury.

Hmmm-luckily I checked the tyre last night as I needed to get the tyre to full pressure after using a hand pump at work. There was a 1cm wide split in the tyre where the puncture had occured. The split was perpendicular to the rotation so it must have been something pretty sharp.

Tyre now ditched after only about 200 miles

I put a Mavic Yksion tyre back on - they're aren't puncture proof enough for full on commuting but hopefully they should be OK for dry commutes. Will see how it goes.

 

[Andrew_P]

Tyre now ditched after only about 200 miles

I put a Mavic Yksion tyre back on - they're aren't puncture proof enough for full on commuting but hopefully they should be OK for dry commutes. Will see how it goes.

I have had that with two Conti GP4000's last summer in quick succession. Nothing more depressing than binning newish tyres.

 

[GrasB]

haha tell the hipsters down here that!

hipsters =

 

[Hip Priest]

A bus driver failed to give way to me tonight. Instead, she just drove straight at me, and forced me to take to the pavement to avoid her. It was one of those occasions which made me wish I had a camera. A pure SMIDGAF.